Upstate's top performers and coaching milestones this week in high school athletics
Here are some of the Upstate’s standout performers in high school athletics from Jan. 8-15.
It was a week of coaching milestones as well. Woodmont girls basketball coach Tim Morris earned his 400th career victory, while J.L. Mann coach girls coach Lamont Wakefield and Landrum boys coach Lyn Smith both reached 350 career wins on the same night.
This is a growing list each week and coaches are encouraged to nominate players and send stats by email to todd.shanesy@shj.com or by direct message on X, formerly Twitter, to @ToddShanesySHJ.
Athletes are listed alphabetically by school. There will be a readers’ vote for players of the week..
Boys basketball
Kayzzin McDowell, Byrnes: McDowell scored 18 points in an 84-62 win against Spartanburg.
Will Fowler, Byrnes: Fowler scored 18 points against Spartanburg.
Hayden Anderson, Daniel: Anderson scored 21 points in a 77-55 win against Seneca.
Ethan Crews, Easley: Crews scored 18 points in a 48-42 loss to Westside and 28 in a 71-60 loss to Fountain Inn.
Markell Hollis, Gaffney: Hollis had 23 points, seven rebounds and four assists in a win against Hillcrest.
Judd Price, Gaffney: Price had a double-double with 12 points and 10 assists while pulling down seven rebounds against Hillcrest.
Bradyn Durrah, Greer: Durah scored the game-winning three-point play in the final seconds as Greer beat Eastside, 50-47.
Jack Pfister, Greer Middle College: Pfister scored 22 points in a win against Liberty.
Javeyn Martin, T.L. Hanna: Martin scored 18 points in a 73-57 win against J.L. Mann.
Jaquarius Patterson, T.L. Hanna: Patterson scored 17 points against Mann and another 17 in a 68-54 win against Mauldin.
Lucas Wiersma, T.L. Hanna: Wiersma scored 19 points against Mann and 21 points against Mauldin.
Franklin Davis, Landrum: Davis had 32 points (12-for-16 shooting) with eight rebounds in an 84-78 win against Chesnee.
Benett Edwards, Landrum: Edwards had nine points, nine rebounds and seven assists against Chesnee.
Mario Gonzalez, Landrum: Gonzalez scored 22 points against Chesnee.
Kendrick Jackson, Liberty: Jackson scored 19 points in a 76-66 loss to Greer Middle College.
Zeke Marshall, Westside: Marshall scored 17 points in a 93-30 win against Pickens. He followed that with a monster game in a 48-42 win against Easley, scoring 34 points with eight rebounds and two steals.
Dre Huff, Woodmont: Huff made a 3-pointer in the final seconds for a 64-62 win against J.L Mann.
Jeremiah Campbell, Wren: Campbell had 15 points, five rebounds and four steals in a 72-47 win against Palmetto.
Abijah Franklin Wren: Franklin scored 21 points with six rebounds and four steals against Palmetto.
Girls basketball
Chassidy Rookard, Byrnes: Rookard scored 22 points in an 82-74 win against Spartanburg.
Shala Williams, Daniel: Williams scored 18 points against Seneca.
Lila Mann, Daniel: Mann had a double-double with 16 points and 10 assists in a 73-41 win against Seneca.
Olvia Freeman, T.L. Hanna: Freeman led her team with 11 points in a 50-38 loss to J.L. Mann.
Savannah Brown, Landrum: Brown reached the 1,000-point mark for her career in a win against Chesnee.
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Natalie White, Liberty: White scored 12 points and helped Liberty beat Greer Middle College, 45-25.
Harper Greer, St. Joseph’s: Greer had 14 points and eight rebounds in a 50-46 win against High Point Academy.
Tiffany Helmer, St. Joseph’s: Helmer scored 20 points, eight in the fourth quarter, as St. Joseph’s rallied for a 50-46 win against High Point Academy.
Kam Sainvil, Spartanburg: Sainvil scored 27 points against Byrnes.
MaKyhia Paul, Westside: Paul scored 14 points in a 51-28 win against Easley.
Wrestling
Scott Spoden, Easley: Spoden earned his 100th career victory in a dual match against Pickens.
This article originally appeared on Herald-Journal: SC high school athletics: Upstate's top performers, milestones of week
